Invesco

  • Smith Brown Invesco UK smaller companies fund

    Smith Brown Invesco UK smaller companies fund

    Jonathan Brown has taken over as sole manager of the £470m Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Equity Fund as Richard Smith stands down pending his imminent retirement.

  • Woodford to join Oakley in May

    Woodford to join Oakley in May

    It has been confirmed that Neil Woodford will be joining Oakley Capital Management on 1 May 2014 as he prepares to leave Invesco Perpetual after 25 years.

  • UK Equity Income Oeics wave goodbye to 300m

    UK Equity Income Oeics wave goodbye to 300m

    UK equity income funds in the open-ended space have waved goodbye to roughly £300m following the announcement Neil Woodford would leave Invesco Perpetual.

  • Edinburgh investment trust reshuffle woodford exit

    Edinburgh investment trust reshuffle woodford exit

    The board of Edinburgh Investment Trust may be “sympathetic” to management proposals from Invesco Perpetual if they centre around its new UK equity head, though analysts have said the fund’s mandate could be tweaked if Mark Barnett takes the helm.

  • rising bond yields hit the wall in september

    rising bond yields hit the wall in september

    The past few months have seen a trend of rising bond yields that was broken in September. Developments at the Federal Reserve took a more dovish turn, easing the chief source of recent market concern.

  • woodford exit investment trust edinburgh investec

    woodford exit investment trust edinburgh investec

    Investec Wealth & Investment has upped its position in Neil Woodford’s Edinburgh Investment Trust, taking advantage of its drop to a discount after the star announced his exit from Invesco Perpetual.

  • neil woodford invesco perpetual

    neil woodford invesco perpetual

    Neil Woodford is to leave Invesco Perpetual next April.

  • Why Woodford gets the IFA vote

    Why Woodford gets the IFA vote

    How relevant is it that IFAs picked the UK's largest manager of retail funds to be their favourite firm, yet the same group cite overcrowding, investor apathy and "lack of excitement" in choosing between brands as the biggest challenges ahead?

  • Japanese elections

    Japanese elections

    Paul Chesson, Head of Japanese Equities at Invesco Perpetual, comments on the Japanese government’s growth strategy

  • eurozone crisis ended eight months ago pignatelli

    eurozone crisis ended eight months ago pignatelli

    It would appear that the economic and market chaos in Europe is coming to an end, or already has according to Smith & Williamson’s European Growth Trust manager Mark Pignatelli.

  • uk eq fund strategy share price down buy more

    uk eq fund strategy share price down buy more

    Which of these fund managers explained an automatic rule in how he runs his UK Equity fund when he said: “If I own it and its share price goes down, I buy more.”?

  • returns from EM and developed markets reach par

    returns from EM and developed markets reach par

    From an investment point of view, emerging markets have had a fairly tough time in the past couple of years, with funds in the IMA’s Global Emerging Markets category returning on average 7% in the past year compared to 9.3% from the MSCI World Index.